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Watford losing grip

Watford 1 Bristol City 2

Watford remain top of the Championship, but it may not be for long. Two minutes into injury time, Darren Byfield scored with his first touch - a sweet touch too as he hooked in the ball from 10 yards - to snatch victory for a Bristol City side who had sensed it was their evening.

"It will be good to see the end of this week," said Aidy Boothroyd, the Watford manager, and no wonder. This defeat followed defeats to Barnsley and Burnley in the past seven days, and a side that had been clear by eight points not long ago now lead by just one. "I didn't think anyone would do a Reading and win the league by 20 points," added Boothroyd. "It has been one of those weeks. It will even itself out."

After Burnley's win here on Tuesday, Boothroyd said the performance was "awful and shocking". There was no